July 2017

CASH MARKET TRANSACTION SURVEY 2016

CONTENTS
Page

Key findings ............................................................................................................. 1

Figures and tables ..................................................................................................... 4
1. Distribution of market trading value by investor type ....................................... 4
2. Distribution of overseas investor trading value by origin ................................. 9
3. Retail online trading ....................................................................................... 15
Glossary ........................................................................................................... 16
Appendix 1. Response rate and representativeness of the responded sample .... 17
Appendix 2. Survey design and methodology........................................................ 18

Chief China Economist’s Office and

Market Development Department
Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited

July 2017
KEY FINDINGS
The Cash Market Transaction Survey (“CMTS”) has been conducted annually since 1991 to study
the trading composition of the Exchange Participants (“EPs”) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited (“SEHK”). The main objective is to understand the relative contribution of trading value in
the HKEX securities market, including the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market (“GEM”),
by investor type. The market share of online trading is also assessed.

The 2016 survey covered EPs’ transactions on both the Main Board and GEM from January to
December 2016 (referred to as 2016 study period)1. The survey included Southbound trading
through the specialised EPs designated for Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (launched in 2014)
and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect launched on 5 December 2016 (collectively referred to
as the “Stock Connect” scheme) in the data analysis as trading originated from investors in
Mainland China. The designated EPs for the Stock Connect scheme are referred to as the
“Southbound EPs”.

HKEX Cash Market Summary (2015 & 2016)

Year-to-date statistics Year-on-year

2015 2016
(Main Board and GEM) % change

Total turnover in value (HK$ million)

26,090,622 16,396,425 -37%

No. of trading days

247 245 Not Applicable

Average daily turnover by value (HK$ million)

105,630 66,924 -37%
Total Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
Southbound Buy & Sell Turnover
777,700 826,776 6%
(HK$ million)
Total Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect
Southbound Buy & Sell Turnover
Not Applicable 9,164 Not Applicable
(HK$ million)

Trading value by investor type

(1) In 2016, local (Hong Kong) investors’ contribution to total market turnover decreased to 36%
(from 39% in 2014/15).

(2) In 2016, overseas investors’ contribution to the total market turnover was 40%, close to the
39% in 2014/15.

(3) Overseas investor trading came mainly from institutions - 33% of the total market turnover
(31% in 2014/15) compared to 7% from overseas retail investors (8% in 2014/15).

1
Previous surveys covered an annual period from October in a year to September in the following year. The previous survey covered
the period from October 2014 to September 2015 (referred to as the 2014/15 study period, similarly for prior surveys).

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(4) Local institutional investors contributed 20% of the total market turnover (19% in 2014/15)
compared to 16% from local retail investors (19% in 2014/15).

(5) Institutional investors (local and overseas) contributed 53% to total market turnover in 2016
(51% in 2014/15). Retail investors’ contribution (local and overseas) decreased to 23% from
27% in 2014/15.

(6) The majority of investor trading activities from the US, UK, Continental Europe and Australia
(at least 88% or more) and Singapore (at least 79% or more) were contributed by institutional
investors. In contrast, a significant proportion of trading from Mainland China came from retail
investors (at least 62%).

(7) In terms of implied value of trading2, overseas retail investor trading declined by 46% in 2016
compared to 2014/15, mainly due to the decrease in investor trading from Mainland China
(largely contributed by retail investors).

(8) The contribution of EP principal trading in 2016 further increased to a new record high of 24%
(22% in 2014/15). In terms of implied value of trading, EP principal trading declined by 33%
in 2016 compared to 2014/15. Over the past ten years3, EP principal trading grew at a
compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 22%, which was the highest among all types of
trading.

Overseas investor trading by origin

(9) In 2016, UK investors continued as the largest contributor group, with a contribution of 23% of
overseas investor trading and 9% of total market turnover (27% and 10% respectively in
2014/15). Mainland China investors took over US to become second capturing 22% of
overseas investor trading and 9% of total market turnover, and these were about the same as
in 2014/15. US investors slipped from second to third place capturing 20% of overseas
investor trading and 8% of total market turnover (22% and 9% respectively in 2014/15).

(10) In 2016, the contribution from Continental European investors increased to 13% of overseas
investor trading (8% in 2014/15) and 5% of total market turnover (3% in 2014/15).

(11) Asian investors in aggregate contributed 36% of total overseas investor trading in 2016,
similar to the level in 2014/15 and were about the same as the contribution made by the
European investors in the year. Following Mainland China investors, Singaporean investors
were the second largest contributor group in Asia ― 8% of overseas investor trading and 3%
of total market turnover.

(12) The total implied value of overseas investor trading declined by 37% in 2016 compared to
2014/15. Trading from Mainland China investors declined by 38%, UK investors declined by
45% and US investors declined by 43%, compared to the overall market decline of 38% in
2016. In contrast, the implied trading value from Continental European investors had a
moderate growth of 10% in 2016.

2
See Glossary for definition.
3
The period refers to the annual study periods of the past ten surveys.

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(13) Over the past ten years, the overall investor trading value from Asia had a positive CAGR of
5%, in contrast to the negative CAGRs of those from the US, UK and Continental European
investors, as well as the overall market turnover.

Retail online trading

(14) In 2016, retail online trading accounted for 47% of total retail investor trading compared to
44% in 2014/15, and 11% of total market turnover (slightly down from 12% in 2014/15). In
2016, the implied value of online trading declined by 43% compared to 2014/15.

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FIGURES AND TABLES
1. Distribution of market trading value by investor type

Figure 1. Distribution of cash market trading value by investor type (2016)

Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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 Table 1. Breakdown of contribution by type of trade (2016)

2013/14 2014/15 2016

Type of trade
% % %

All trading
Investor trading 83.57 78.13 76.21
EP principal trading 16.43 21.87 23.79
100.00 100.00 100.00
Investor trading
Retail 30.40 35.16 29.89
Institutional 69.60 64.84 70.11
100.00 100.00 100.00
Investor trading
Local 53.73 49.72 47.22
Overseas 46.27 50.28 52.78
100.00 100.00 100.00
Retail investor trading
Local 80.66 70.96 69.56
Overseas 19.34 29.04 30.44
100.00 100.00 100.00
Institutional investor trading
Local 41.96 38.21 37.69
Overseas 58.04 61.79 62.31
100.00 100.00 100.00
Local investor trading
Retail 45.64 50.18 44.04
Institutional 54.36 49.82 55.96
100.00 100.00 100.00
Overseas investor trading
Retail 12.70 20.31 17.24
Institutional 87.30 79.69 82.76
100.00 100.00 100.00

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 Figure 2. 10-year trend in the distribution of cash market trading value
by investor type (2006/07 - 2016)

2006/2016
Distribution of cash market trading by investor type (%)
cumulative
Type of trade market
turnover
(%)
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2016

EP principal trading 4.15 6.12 8.49 9.92 11.73 15.49 16.33 16.43 21.87 23.79 13.64

Overseas investor trading 43.10 41.49 41.84 46.30 46.09 46.03 45.69 38.67 39.28 40.23 42.60

Retail 3.81 3.24 4.32 4.50 4.43 3.87 4.85 4.91 7.98 6.93 5.02

Institutional 39.30 38.25 37.52 41.80 41.66 42.16 40.84 33.75 31.30 33.29 37.58

Local investor trading 52.75 52.39 49.66 43.78 42.18 38.48 37.99 44.90 38.85 35.99 43.76

Retail 27.50 25.88 25.20 21.27 22.25 17.20 17.62 20.49 19.49 15.85 21.40

Institutional 25.24 26.51 24.46 22.51 19.93 21.28 20.37 24.41 19.36 20.14 22.36

Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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 Figure 3. Distribution of cash market trading value by investor type
(local vs overseas) (2006/07 - 2016)

Figure 4. Distribution of cash market trading value by investor type

(retail vs institutional) (2006/07 - 2016)

Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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 Figure 5. Implied value of cash market trading by investor type
(2006/07 – 2016)

Period-on-period % change 2006/

Type of trade 2016
CAGR
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2016

EP principal trading 80.90 110.00 -11.68 26.87 42.32 -5.78 16.69 5.97 123.59 -32.87 21.70

Overseas investor trading 144.94 36.98 -35.79 20.19 19.79 -28.74 9.92 -10.91 70.69 -36.79 -0.53

Retail 202.90 21.08 -15.04 13.06 18.57 -37.74 38.86 6.63 172.84 -46.35 7.14

Institutional 140.48 38.52 -37.54 21.01 19.92 -27.78 7.26 -12.99 55.83 -34.36 -1.59

Local investor trading 134.03 41.35 -39.65 -4.25 15.92 -34.91 9.33 24.43 45.38 -42.83 -3.93

Retail 137.13 33.93 -38.02 -8.30 25.85 -44.85 13.45 22.44 59.83 -49.83 -5.72

Institutional 130.74 49.44 -41.24 -0.07 6.54 -23.81 6.01 26.15 33.24 -35.79 -2.25

Retail investor trading 143.56 32.36 -35.46 -5.17 24.58 -43.67 18.12 19.03 81.68 -48.82 -3.24

Institutional investor trading 136.57 42.79 -39.06 12.69 15.23 -26.50 6.84 0.03 46.35 -34.90 -1.84

Total 135.68 42.31 -36.33 8.62 20.33 -28.65 10.74 5.27 68.02 -38.28 0.24

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2. Distribution of overseas investor trading value by origin
Figure 6. Distribution of overseas investor trading value in cash market
by origin (2016)

Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

Remarks:
(1) In 2016, reported origins in “Rest of Asia” were Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam (a total of 18 origins).
(2) In 2016, reported origins in “Others” included Anguilla, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia,
Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands,
Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Israel, Jamaica, Jersey,
Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, New
Zealand, Niue, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles,
South Africa, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Turks & Caicos Islands, United
Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Venezuela (a total of 53 origins).

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 Figure 7. Distribution of cash market trading value by local and overseas
origin (2016)

Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

Remark:
4
(1) Others comprise investors from Japan, Taiwan, Rest of Asia and Rest of the World .

4
Refer to remarks of figure 6 on the previous page for the full list of countries included in the Rest of Asia and the Rest of the World.

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 Table 2. Minimum proportion of retail/institutional investor trading from each
overseas origin (2016)

Minimum proportion of the trading coming from

Origin
Retail investors Institutional investors

US 0.0% 88.1%

UK 0.0% 88.4%

Europe (excl. UK) 0.0% 91.5%

Japan 2.5% 42.3%

Mainland China 62.1% 23.2%

Taiwan 4.6% 29.4%

Singapore 0.2% 79.4%

Australia 0.2% 91.8%

Notes:
(1) The minimum proportions were deduced figures from the responses. The difference between
100% and the summation of the two figures for an origin represents the proportion of trading from
that origin which could come from either retail or institutional investors.
(2) The Southbound EPs were excluded from the analysis.

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 Figure 8. 10-year trend in the distribution of overseas investor trading in cash
market by origin (2006/07 – 2016)

Distribution of overseas investor trading by origin (%)

Overseas origin
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2016

US 29.19 35.13 36.31 24.37 27.75 32.27 28.07 25.65 22.48 20.12

Europe 42.12 38.51 33.84 44.81 41.23 37.41 39.22 38.10 34.22 36.42

UK 26.61 22.46 23.35 28.68 27.32 25.35 25.60 27.68 26.57 23.10
Europe
(excluding UK) 15.51 16.05 10.49 16.13 13.91 12.05 13.62 10.42 7.64 13.31

Asia 21.52 21.52 25.58 26.56 22.27 21.23 23.82 28.81 35.64 35.61
Japan 3.69 3.39 1.92 2.58 1.90 1.74 1.12 1.45 1.27 0.86

Mainland China 8.22 7.75 11.86 10.55 9.92 8.49 11.12 13.11 21.89 21.55
Taiwan 1.36 0.89 1.11 1.03 1.09 1.08 1.10 1.37 1.63 1.22

Singapore 6.63 7.55 7.69 9.28 6.63 6.97 6.40 10.37 7.61 8.31

Rest of Asia 1.63 1.94 3.00 3.11 2.73 2.95 4.09 2.51 3.24 3.67

Australia 2.85 1.81 1.60 5.47 6.15 5.35 1.65 1.09 4.08

Others 7.17 1.99 2.46 2.66 3.28 2.95 3.54 5.79 6.57 3.77

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Notes:
(1) Australia was included in "Others" in surveys prior to 2007/08
(2) Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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 Figure 9. Implied value of overseas investor trading in cash market by origin
(2006/07 – 2016)

Notes:
(1) The implied value of trading from a particular origin is determined by first calculating the implied
overseas agency trading value during the study period of the survey, and then multiplying it by the
percentage contribution to overseas agency trading by that origin as obtained from the survey.
(2) Australia was included in "Others" in surveys prior to 2007/08.

Period-on-period % change 2006/

Origin 2016
CAGR
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2016

US 174.18 64.82 -33.62 -19.36 36.41 -17.13 -4.38 -18.59 49.60 -43.43 -4.56

Europe 119.34 25.24 -43.58 59.19 10.20 -35.34 15.24 -13.45 53.30 -32.72 -2.12

UK 167.18 15.59 -33.25 47.65 14.08 -33.86 11.00 -3.69 63.89 -45.04 -2.08
Europe
(excluding
UK) 67.79 41.80 -58.04 84.86 3.29 -38.25 24.16 -31.80 25.17 10.11 -2.20

Asia 154.28 36.96 -23.67 24.78 0.47 -32.09 23.35 7.74 111.18 -36.85 5.20

Japan 171.62 25.94 -63.67 61.76 -11.63 -35.04 -29.22 15.48 49.06 -56.91 -15.35
Mainland
China 270.15 29.16 -1.67 6.89 12.57 -38.97 43.89 5.03 185.03 -37.77 10.72

Taiwan 246.84 -9.74 -20.58 12.29 26.57 -29.57 11.90 11.24 103.23 -52.76 -1.69
Singapore 81.53 55.86 -34.52 44.96 -14.36 -25.13 0.85 44.42 25.36 -31.04 1.99
Rest of
Asia 93.48 63.27 -0.93 24.78 5.08 -22.94 52.54 -45.27 120.17 -28.47 8.87
Australia -59.26 6.39 309.19 -19.83 -4.36 -72.47 12.79 136.11 13.64
Others 185.15 -61.96 -20.48 29.91 47.67 -36.05 31.90 45.86 93.71 -63.71 -7.37

Total 144.94 36.98 -35.79 20.19 19.79 -28.74 9.92 -10.91 70.69 -36.79 -0.53

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Notes:
(1) Australia was included in “Others” in surveys prior to 2007/08, for which year-on-year percentage
change in implied value of investor trading was not available. The CAGR of trading from Australian
investors was calculated for the period starting from 2007/08 when data for this origin was available.
Since “Australia” was spun off from “Others” during the ten-year period, CAGR for “Others” had to be
interpreted with care.
(2) The substantial growth in trading from Australia in 2010/11 was due to a change in reporting by an EP,
who reported a substantial contribution to its trading from its sister company in Australia in 2010/11
while in past surveys; this kind of trading carried out for its corporate group was reported as its
principal trading.
(3) The significant growth of the implied trading value from Australia investors in 2016 was mainly due to
the inclusion in the 2016 responded sample, but not in the 2014/15 responded sample, of an EP
which had a large client base in Australia. Nevertheless, due to the relatively low weighting by
turnover of this particular EP in the target population, the difference would have immaterial impact to
survey findings on the overall pattern of overseas investor trading in the cash market.

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3. Retail online trading

Figure 10. Percentage share of retail online trading value in cash market
(2006/07 – 2016)

Table 3. Statistics on retail online trading in cash market (2011/12 - 2016)

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2016

Number of EPs completed and returned
the questionnaires 453 457 433 414 446

Online brokers

Number of online brokers 245 250 247 240 274

- As % of all responding EPs 54.1% 54.7% 57.0% 58.0% 61.4%

Retail online trading

Total implied trading value (HK$million) 919,187 1,235,360 1,465,223 3,079,997 1,758,013

- As % of total market turnover 6.8% 8.2% 9.3% 11.6% 10.7%

- As % of all agency (investor) trading 8.1% 9.9% 11.2% 15.1% 14.1%

- As % of total retail investor trading 33.7% 39.2% 38.2% 44.3% 47.1%

- As % of total turnover of online brokers 22.4% 27.6% 28.9% 33.0% 30.4%

Notes: The Southbound EPs for Stock Connect trading were regarded as non-online brokers in the above
analysis.

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GLOSSARY
Agency trading
Implied value of trading
Individual/retail investors
Institutional investors
Local investors
Online brokers
Overseas investors
Principal trading
Retail online trading
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Trading on behalf of the participant firm’s clients, including
client trading channelled from the firm’s parent or sister
companies.
The implied value of trading for a particular type of trade is
calculated by multiplying the percentage contribution to
market turnover by that type of trade as obtained from the
survey by the actual overall market turnover during the study
period.
The implied value of trading from a particular overseas origin
is calculated by first calculating the implied overseas agency
trading value during the study period, and then multiplying it
by the percentage contribution to overseas agency trading by
that origin as obtained from the survey.
Investors who trade on their personal account.
Investors who are not individual/retail investors.
Individual/retail investors residing in Hong Kong or institutional
investors operating in Hong Kong, with Hong Kong as the
source of funds.
Exchange Participants of SEHK who offer online trading
service to individual/retail investors.
Individual/retail investors residing outside Hong Kong or
institutional investors operating outside Hong Kong, with the
source of funds overseas.
Trading on the participant firm’s own account.
Trading originating from orders entered directly by
individual/retail investors and channelled to the brokers via
electronic media (e.g. the Internet).
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APPENDIX 1. RESPONSE RATE AND
REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE
RESPONDED SAMPLE
We contacted a total of 559 EPs in the target population. Out of the 559 questionnaires sent, 446
questionnaires were completed and received, representing an overall response rate of 80% by
number and 97% by turnover value in the target population.

Response Rate
Response rate
Target Responded
Participant group
population sample By turnover
By number
value

5
Category A brokers 14 14 100.0% 100.0%

6
Category B brokers 49 44 89.8% 91.7%

7
Category C brokers 496 388 78.2% 97.0%

Total 559 446 79.8% 96.9%

Representativeness of the responded sample vis-à-vis the target population of EPs8

5
Category A brokers’ market share ranked from position 1 to 14, YTD December 2017.
6
Category B brokers’ market share ranked from position 15 to 65, YTD December 2017.
7
Category C brokers’ market share ranked from position beyond 65, YTD December 2017.
8
Excluding the Southbound EPs.

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APPENDIX 2. SURVEY DESIGN AND
METHODOLOGY
(1) Classification of Exchange Participants’ trading on SEHK

Participants’ trading on the Exchange

Agency Principal

Retail Institutional

Local Overseas Overseas Local

U.S. U.K. Europe Japan Mainland China Taiwan Singapore Rest of Asia Australia Others
(excluding UK)

(2) Target population

The target population included all trading Exchange Participants (“EPs”) of SEHK of the cash
market who became trading participants prior to the end of June 2016 (i.e. who had been in
business for over 6 full months during the study period) and remained until January 2017. It
excluded EPs whose trading was suspended from September 2016 to December 2016 or
ceased on or before December 2016 or who traded for less than 6 months during the study
period. This is to avoid distortion of the results by participants who were not in the normal
course of business.

The specialised EPs designated for Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Southbound trading (referred to as the “Southbound
EPs”) — China Investment Information Services Limited for the former and China Innovation
Market Service Company Limited for the latter ― were excluded from the survey sample. All
of the trading recorded for these EPs was included in the subsequent data analysis as trading
from Mainland China investors.

(3) Methodology

The study period is from January to December 2016.

The survey sample consisted of all EPs in the target population. Survey questionnaires were
sent to each EP firm in the sample, with close telephone/email follow-up to ensure a high
response rate. In the survey questionnaire, EPs were requested to provide an estimated
percentage breakdown of their trading value during the study period in accordance with the
prescribed classification. EPs were asked to provide their consolidated trading composition
including trading channelled through their affiliate or sister companies as far as possible, if

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 applicable. For online trading, EPs who reported to be online brokers but were unable to
provide the proportion of their retail investor trading as online trading were excluded from the
responded sample in calculating the retail online trading in percentage and value terms.

Each responding EP’s answers in percentage terms were weighted by the respondent’s total
turnover value in the overall market accordingly to obtain respective values in the responded
sample. The implied percentage shares of different types of trade in the market were then
calculated, adjusted by the response rate in value terms relative to the target population.

For the Southbound EPs, all trading was regarded as overseas investor trading with Mainland
China origin. As the breakdown of the Southbound trading by retail/institutional investors
was not available, the overall share of retail/institutional investor trading based on weighted
responses from the survey sample was applied to the Southbound EPs for completing the
analysis for the market. For the analysis of retail online trading, the Southbound EPs were
regarded as a non-online broker.

The implied value of trading for a particular type of trade is determined by multiplying the
percentage contribution to total turnover (of target population) by that type of trade as
obtained from the survey by the actual total turnover in the overall market during the study
period for that year of survey.

(4) Limitations

In providing the breakdown of total turnover value by the type of trade, many EPs could only
provide their best estimates instead of hard data.

EPs might not know the true origins of all their client orders. For instance, an EP might
classify transactions for a local institution as such when in fact the orders originated from
overseas and were placed through that local institution, or vice versa.

In practice, it is not unusual for EPs to convey client orders to other EPs for execution. When
providing the breakdown of their investor composition, most of the EPs would treat those EPs
who conveyed orders to them as their ultimate clients, i.e. as local institutions, regardless of
the client origin.

Some bank-related EPs might not be able to provide the trading composition of client orders
originating from their associated banks and would treat the banks as their local institutional
clients. This would also affect the result of retail online trading since part of the retail investor
trading channelled through banks would be online.

Different EPs would have different corporate group structures and operating models within
their corporate groups. Some EPs might be able to provide the investor composition of
trading channelled via their sister companies; others may regard their sister companies as
their clients and incorporated no further breakdown. In other words, the depth of detail in
investor composition across EPs might not be on the same ground.

The non-responded EPs and responded EPs with missing responses for certain questions
may have different trading composition from the other responded EPs. The exclusion of
non-responded EPs from the applicable analysis or the mean substitution method for missing
answers might generate survey results deviating from the true situation. Since the survey
has a high response rate by turnover value and a method of weighting by size group in

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 treating missing responses was adopted to cater for the different trading composition by size
group, the impact of non-responses to the overall findings would be limited. Nevertheless,
there might be some impact on the types of investor trading which had relatively low
contribution to market turnover.

In the analysis, Southbound trading assumed the same ratio of retail/institutional investor
trading as that based on the overall weighted responses. However, Southbound trading from
Mainland investors may have a different retail/institutional trading ratio due to the peculiar
conditions of outward investment channels in Mainland China. Due to data unavailability of
the investor composition of Southbound trading, the current treatment is considered the
best-effort estimate. Nevertheless, the turnover value of the two designated Southbound
EPs accounted for approximately 3% of the total turnover of the overall target population
(including the Southbound EPs) in 2016.

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